Ahobila Dhivya Desam Paasurams: Periya Thirumozhi 1.7.4

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today , we will study the Fourth Paasuram of Kaliyan on

AhObila Narasimhan :

 

yevvam vevvEl Ponn peyarOn yEthalan inn uyirai

vavvi aahamvaLLUhirAl vahirntha ammAn idam

kavvu-nAyum kazhuhum ucchippOthodu kaal suzhanRu

DhaivamallAl sella oNNA SingavEL KunRamE

 

Periya Thirumozhi: 1.7.4

 

(Meaning) : The AhObila KshEthram is the place of residence of

Lord Narasimhan , who stole the dear prANan of the asuran

with the name denotin gold (HiraNyan) through His powerful

nails of the fingers . The asuran carrying a sharp spear in his hand

and caused sorrow to the people of the world was destroyed by

Lord Narasimhan with His sharp nails . HiraNyan's chest was

torn apart by the Matchless power of His nails .This dhivya

dEsam of Ahobilam ( SingavEL KunRam) is not of easy access to

human beings ; it is readily accessible to dEvAs alone. The hardships

faced by the humans are hinted by Kaliyan : (1) The intense heat of

the mid day Sun and the fast moving hot winds from the forest fires

slow down the pilgrims . Those adverse factors weaken the steps

of the pilgrims (2) There is also mortal danger that they experience :The wild dogs attack the weary pilgrims , who are in a weakened

state and if they fall down , then the eagles sweep down to go for

their flesh as their food . Under these circumstances , even the most

hardy pilgrims find it extremely difficult to climb up the hills for

Bhagavath darsanam . Thirumangai wonders that this dhivya dEsam

is accessible to dEvAs alone (Dhaivam allAl sella oNNA SingavEL

KunramE ) .

 

Lord Narasimha and His hard-to-access dhivya dEsam of Ahobilam

is dear to VaishNavAs , Sankara and Dhvaitha SampradhAyins .

There are many sthOthrams about Lord Narasimhan , who destroyed

adharmic HiraNyan with His nails alone . One of them is by MadhvAchArya

named " Nrusmha Nakha Stuthi " , a tribute to the finger nails of Lord

NarasimhA , the instrument of destruction of HiraNyan . There are

two beautiful slOkams in this Stuthi by MadhvAchArya :

 

http://www.dvaita.org/stotra/nakha_stuti.html

 

Sri Mantra Raaja Padha sthOthram of Ahirbudhnyan , KaamAseekAshtakam

of Swamy Desikan , Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha KarAvalampana sthOthram of

Adhi Sankara are some of the sthOthrams that salute the power and

Mahimai of Lord Narasimha . The most important one in this category is

the Nrusimha Kavacham known for its mantric potency :

http://Sanskrit.gde.to/doc_Vishnu/nkavacham.pdf

 

This URL with 21 pages has both the Sanskrit text and the meanings of

the individual slOkams of Sri Nrusimha Kavacham with many BheejAksharams

that extol the valour of the victorious Lord displayed during the samhAram

of HiraNyan .

 

The powerful prayer in one of the slOkams is :

 

" (PraNavam) namO BhagavatE NarasimhaAya , manas tEjasE aavirbhava ,

--- vajra nakha , vajra dhamshtra karmaasayan randhaya randhaya , tamO graasa "

 

Oh my Lord Narasimha , who poseeses nails and teeth like thunderbolt !

kindly appear before my mind with Your ( matchless )tEjas as JwAlA

Narasimhan ! Please vanquish our demon like desires and grant us

fruitive activity in this materialistic world !

 

In another slOkam , the Kavacham begs the Lord of the Universe ,

Sri Narasimhan to remove the Taapa thrayams because He is the all

encompassing Manthram , unfailing protection and the sure medicine .

 

" ThvamEv aManhtram ThvamEva RakshA

Thvam Oushadham anutthamam

ThrividhAdh api dukkhAn maam

prachOdhaya Jagath-PathE ".

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V. Sadagopan